An Independent Journal, Devoted to Home Interests. Established in 1878, VOLUME 22. HALLOWELL, ME.. SATURDAY. JULY 22. 1899. NUMBER 24 AMERICA AT THE HAGUE. though not so opeiLy espousing- Ameri- a century continued to do a large busi- umes of poems ‘"‘ White Sails” and “ The from without the barrier forms a be- can views,, was north the less prepared ness. The church with its educated Tower” occupies a high rank among wildering setting for that which we have The Hague conference will have re- in advance, as a general policy, to sup- ministry was there; the members of the the works of Maine poets; Mrs. Mattie come to see. But it is quite forgotten, SPECIAL PRICES on FLOOR sulted in the promotion of the cause of port any line of action that the United bar were eminent for their general Baker Dunn, Mrs. Anna Sargent Hunt, like the ticking of a clock in a quiet universal peace to an extent that the States and England might agree upon. learning and literary requirements, and and Prof. Chas. F. Richardson, of Dart- room, when we come to the tubes them- most eager European and American Good for M onday, Ju ly 17. But for the American delegation, the later came the public library—a union mouth College. Prof.Richardson’s books selves. Curious machines cap the ends advocates of peace had not dared to atmosphere of diplomatic suspicion of influences all in the direct line of the embrace that delightful volume of “ The of each tube. To see them discharge a hope. The American delegation, as would scarcely have been dispelled, literary life and calculated to develop Choice of Books,” and his “American carrier into a tube recalls childish im- matters have turned out, lias been at and the conference, it is to he feared, the literary character. Literature, 1607-1885” —tlie two large aginings of strange mountain rivers the very center of tlie best influences might have amounted to very little in- “Literary Hallowell” is of course in- volumes being devoted severally to which suddenly disappear in holes in that have shaped the deliberations of deed. It is not so much that the Ameri- tended to embrace the native authors of “ Development of American Thought,” the rock to emerge—somewhere. But Quality Fully Guaranteed. the conference. For about half a cen- cans led the work of the conference as that city and tlieir books. Limited to 555 pages, and “ American Poetry and the gaping holes in the post-office extend tury the United States hits advocated BEST WINTER PATENTS, $4.25. that the frank and straight-forward this list even, few towns in Maine have Fiction,” 400 pages—published in New like great veins to the vital departments the extension of the principle of the im- Best Flour for All Round Purposes, spirit that they manifested aroused equal rank with that of the beautiful Y o r k in 1887 and 1889. J u d g e I I . K . of city life. One actually pulsates under BEST SPRING PATENTS, 4.50. munity of private property in time of earnestness and gave direction to the Kennebec city, while if it is enlarged Baker,a native author and benefactor of war to property afloat on the seas. It is the variable pressure of the business Best Flour for Risen Bread, purpose of the eminent European col- to include the literary sons of literary the public library,should not he omitted section—it terminates in tlie Produce BEST ROLLERS, 4.25. true that the le a d in g European nations leagues. fathers the influence of Hallowell as a from this list. by agreement gave up years ago the Exchange; another takes care of a great The attitude of the American and literary centre becomes widened and And so literary Hallowell justly de- mass of ‘home correspondence’—going- ALSO COAL OF ALL KINDS. GRAIN AND FEED. commissioning of privateers to prey on English delegates on the question of deepened in great measure. serves the high recognition that belongs over the bridge to Brooklyn; the third the merchant marine of an enemy in arbitration proved 1he turning-point in As we have just said, the establish- to her. The granite from her beautiful extends like a main artery to those great time of war. But in giving up the pri- the program. The Russian delegation ment of the printing press in that town dlls has gone into the erection of many tentacles of distribution which lead ulti- F. S. WINGATE, vateers they were illogical enough to hastily produced a project providing in 1795 was one of the first steps in the library buildings and the hundreds of mately in every direction—it dives deep hold to the practice of permitting war- SUCCESSOR TO LEIGH & WINGATE. for the establishment of an elaborate evolution of literary Hallowell. Giving lyoks of her native authors in their under the city, reaches over three miles ships to capture private merchantmen. tribunal for compulsory arbitration, opportunity as it did for the printing of lousands of volumes have enriched the to the north, and emerges at the Grand One triumph of the United States at ARE YOU AWARE THAT while Sir Julian Pauncefote submitted books, it led to the development of the literature of tlie world.—S. L. Board- Central Station. The Hague will have been the adoption a simpler plan on behalf of England, literary spirit and to the writing of man in Bangor Commercial. “ The carriers which travel through of the American principle of the exemp- and the American delegates, in their books. Her early clergymen were tubes are 8 inches wide and about 2 feet tion of private property from seizure at E. A. NOBLE & CO., turn, offered one identical in the main authors. These included Daniel Clices- PNEUMATIC TUBES FOR MAIL AND long. A carrier will hold 600 letters, sea. This, of course, does not apply to Have Everything needed by Men, Women and Children in the line of with that which was adopted several inan, who was the author of a grammar, EXPRESS SERVICE. and when filled will weigh about 25 blockcadc-runners nor to contraband of years ago by the American Bar Associ- as well as several other books; Jona- pounds. The operation of sending and war. One of the first achievements of ation. All tlie arbitration proposals than Chile; Eliphalet Gillett, who was “ I low Letters Are Sent Underground” receiving is apparently quite simple. A BOOTS and SHOES ? the conference was the acceptance of a were referred to a committee which secretary of the Maine missionary soci- tlie title of an illustrated description post-office clerk hurries up to a tray, proposition brought forward by Mr. was expected to combine tlieir best ety for -II years, and who is credited of the system of pneumatic tubes through opens tlie end of a carrier, fills it full of Do you have difficulty in getting shoes to fit and be comfortable?’ Frederick W. 1 lolls, the secretary of the features in a project which it could with more than 20 publications in Wil- which the mails are now sent in the Try us! Do you think you cannot get what you want in Hallowell? letters tied neatly in small bundles, American delegation, providing a plan recommend for adoption. The estab- liamson’s Bibliography of Maine; Gor- cities of New York, Philadelphia and snap the lid shut, jams the carrier into Try us! We make every endeavor to please our patrons. We fit the for special mediation as applicable in ham Duminer Abbott, the author of four Boston, by Mr. Theodore Waters, in feet and purse. We send you out with satisfaction in your mind and lishment of an arbitration tribunal is the machine, grasps a lever, and pulls certain cases. Mr. I lolls would not for not particularly acceptable to Germany or five volumes, and a successful teach- the Home Magazine for June. hard. There is a roar, then a subsiding stylish, shapely shoes on your feet, and no poorer than when you came a moment claim to be the sole origina- in. These statements can be proven by a call. or Austria. Germany seems to fear er for many years, and many others. Perhaps it is not generally known rush. In a moment the man lets go the tor of the idea, hut to him personally that arbitration might somehow hamper Educated lawyers who were natives of that it is proposed to underlay all the lever and it slides back into place. The We claim to do the most difficult jobs of repairing, as well as' the and to the United States through him, German policy and cheek the advance Hallowell were Amos Stoddard, Thos. larger cities of the United States with nicest, Our work is strictly first-class, and the stock we use is in carrier has disappeared. Curiosity gets will be assigned the credit of having in- of tlie empire in certain directions. Bond, Jr., William Emmons, Jeremiah such tubes for the transmission of mail the better of you. accordance. troduced the project. Under this plan German progress during the past two Perley and others. These all published 1 merchandise. The movement has Where did that go?” you ask. of special mediation it is provided that generations has been stupendous, and orations and addresses, while Mr. Per- already been started in the Eastern cities, ‘Why, to Brooklyn,’ he replies, E. A. NOBLE & COMPANY, in case of serious differences threatening it has been -accomplished very largely ley was the editor of the Debates on the but it is doubtful whether even the resi- slightly surprised that any person should peace between two nations, each dis- by the sword.